Awning



(No Model.)

L. T. HAGAN. AWNING.

No. 689,257. Patented Aug. 31,1897.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS T. HAGAN, OF WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,TO THE INDIANA.

ANCHOR SUPPLY COMPANY, OF EVANSVILLE,

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,257, dated August31, 1897.

Application filed. March 9, 1897. Serial No. 626,640. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LoUIs T. HAGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at WVinchester, in the county of Clark and State of Kentucky,have invented new and useful Improvements in Awnings, of which thefollowing is a specification. 1

My invention relates to improvements in awnings for windows, and has forits objects to provide an awning 'which may be readily secured to andremoved from a Window-frame in a novel and simple manner, to provide anawning of novel construction which is capable of adjustment to serve thepurpose of a curtain for a window when desirable, and to provide anawning for a window of novel construction which is readily secured toand removed from the window-frame and which when removed may be foldedup in compact form for storing or transportation.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and setforth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the awning applied to the window. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the awning-supporting bar, illustrating the means ofattachment to the window-frame. Fig. 3 is a detail illustrating thehinged connection of the lower rods of the-awning, and Fig. 4 is a viewshowing the awning removed from the Window and folded into compact formfor storing or transportation.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the mainsupporting or guide bar for the awning to which the various parts of theawning are secured. This bar 1 and the awning supported thereby aresecured to the window-frame in the following manner:

The subsill or the sill of the window-frame is provided with a pin 2,and the top bar of the frame, on the outside, is provided with an eye 3,preferably screwed thereinto. Near the. upper end of the bar 1 issecured a finger or hook 4, adapted to engage the eye 3.

The numeral 5 indicates a socket or ring, loosely fitting the lower endof the bar 1 and provided with an extension to fit over the pin 2. Thearrangement of this socket with respect to the bar 1 is such that whenits extension is engaged with the pin 2 and the hook with the eye 3 thesocket or ring has a binding action uponsaid barand maintains the bar inproper position with respect to the window-frame. The engagement of thefinger or hook with the eye 3 prevents the upper end of the bar fromswinging away from the window-frame, the tendency of said bar to swingaway from the frame intensifying the binding action of the socket orring on the lower end of the bar and maintaining said bar in properposition.

' To the upper end of the bar 1 a cross-arm 6 is pivoted intermediatethe ends of the latter. Below this cross-arm 6 is a second crossarm 7,pivotally connected with a sleeve 8, having sliding engagement with thesupporting or guide bar 1. The extremities of the cross-arm 7 areprovided with two-arm brackets 9, pivoted thereto in such manner thatthey may be turned in a vertical direction, but are incapable ofhorizontal move ment, and in the two arms of each bracket are receivedthe inner hooked ends 10 of the parallel lower arms 11 of theawning-frame.

The front ends of these arms 11 are connected by a front cross-bar 12,to which the arms 11 are pivotally secured.

The fabric of the awning is secured at its upper edge to the pivotedcross-arm 6 and at its lower front edge to the front cross-arm 12. Whenthe awning is in position, it is raised or lowered by means ofdrawing-cords 13, as usual,the lower ends of which are secured to thefront cross-arm 12, and which are drawn over pulleys depending from thecross-arm 6, the free ends of the cords being within reach of theattendant. If it be desired to use the awning as a curtain, theattendant need'only move the sleeve 8 and attached cross-bar 7 upward onthe supporting or guide bar 1, which will throw the front cross-bar 12inward and slightly downward against the frame of the window and thusserve as a curtain. The two-arm pivoted brackets 9, while they aresusceptible of being turned in a vertical direction to permit theawning-frame to be folded compactly, are rigid with respect tohorizontal movement, and thus the connection of the rear hooked ends ofthe lower bars of the awning-frame therewith is firm and tendency of theawning to wabble is prevented.

When it is desired to move the awning from the window-frame, it is onlynecessary that the attendant shall move the socket or ring 5 in theproper direction to release its binding action on the supporting orguide bar 1, when said support may be moved in a downward direction,releasing the finger or hook 4, whereupon the entire awning and itssupporting or guide bar may be moved from the windowframe by releasingthe extension of the hook of the socket or ring 5 from the pin 2.

When the awning is removed from the window, it may be folded intocompact form for safety and economy of space in storing ortransportation. This is accomplished by swinging the pivoted cross-arms6 and 7 upon their pivots until they assume as near as possible aposition in the same vertical plane with the main supporting or guidebar 1. In this movement of the said pivoted cross-bars the remainingpart, consisting of the rods 11 and front crossbar 12, is made tocollapse and assume the position illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

By myinvention I provide an awning which is novel and simple ofconstruction, embodying an easily-manipulated means of attachment to andremoval from a window, and which when removed from the window is readilyfolded into a compact form for storage or transportation, as described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- I 1. In an awning,the combination with a main supporting or guide bar, a socket or ringloose upon said bar and adapted to engage a pin on the sill of thewindow, a hook secured to said bar and adapted to engage an eye carriedby the upper part of the frame of the window, substantially asdescribed.

2. In an awning, the combination with a main supporting or guide bar, oftwo crossarms pivotally connected intermediate their ends to said bar,and adapted to he turned on their pivots into a plane substantiallyparallel with said guide-bar, and an awning-frame and awning secured tosaid cross-arms, substantially as described.

3. In an awning, the combination with a main supporting or guide bar, ofa cross-arm pivotally connected intermediate its ends to said bar nearits upper end, a second crossarm having a pivotal and vertically movableconnection intermediate its ends with said main supporting or guide bar,said cross-arms adapted to be turned on their pivots into a planesubstantially parallel with said guidebar, and an awning-frameand awningsecured to said cross-arm s, substantiallyas described.

4. In an awning, thecombinatio'n with a main supporting or guide barhaving means for detachable connection with a windowframe, of twocross-arms pivotally connected to said bar, rods pivotally connected tothe lower of said cross-arms, a front cross-arm connecting said rods,and an awningsecured to the upper cross-arm and the front crossarm,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOUIS T. HAGAN.

Witnesses:

E. E. Ecron, F. H. JACKSON.

